The question of what path we should be taking has been taxing dairy farmers for a long time. Butter prices are higher than ever and butter is in short supply; and then, on the other hand, there are vast quantities of milk powder in the public intervention stocks that nobody wants.
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Demonstration: European farmers call on the European Commission to anchor voluntary production cuts in the CAP
Costs still not covered despite lower production costs
Invitation to a press conference and demonstration on 26.10.2017 in Brussels
Right now and as an Irish and European farmer, I am constantly reminded of the old Chinese blessing/curse: ‘May you live in interesting times’.
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Prices are rising, dairy farmers are back on track - This is the tone of articles currently doing the rounds in the European press.
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(Brussels/Battice, 02.09.2017): A recent cost study shows that the costs of milk production in Belgium in 2016 were 41.37 cents/kg. As the farm-gate prices for milk were only 26.70 cents, this means only 65% of production costs were covered in 2016.
The study, jointly commissioned by the European Milk Board (EMB) and the…
Paper contains important proposals for Ministers of Agriculture meeting in Tallinn
The German Dairy Farmers’ Association BDM plans several "milk powder demonstrations" in different federal states of Germany in the coming weeks, themed "market responsibility instead of powder madness".
The German dairy farmers launched their "milk powder" campaign today (25 August) in Bad Kissingen and Fulda, where Chancellor…
